Land Degradation and Strategies for Sustainable Development in the Ethiopian Highlands: Amhara Region |
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Addis Ababa agricultural development Amhara Region Bahir bee keeping BOPED bund Bureau of Agriculture CEDEP cereal production co-operatives commercial constraints CoSAERAR costs crop production crop residues dairy deforestation Development Project economic Ethiopia Ethiopian birr Ethiopian calendar Ethiopian highlands Eutric regosol example extension external input factors farmers farming farmland feed fertiliser food crop Food Security Gojam grazing lands high agricultural potential highlands of Amhara households impact improved seeds income increased infrastructure Integrated Food Security investments irrigation kebele labour Lai Gayint land degradation land tenure limited livestock production low agricultural potential major manure market access Meket microcredit natural resource North Gonder North Shewa nutrient opportunities organisations Pender phaeozem population density population pressure problems programmes promote rainfall reduce roads SCRP soil and water soil conservation soil erosion soil fertility sources South Wello strategies sustainable land management t/ha technologies Tigray Region tree planting UNECA water conservation woodlots zones